Smith departs the Independent for Context News
Adam Smith, a science and technology reporter at The Independent, has left to join Context News, where he will cover artificial intelligence, surveillance, digital rights, and big tech. Smith will mostly cover the UK and Europe. Smith served as contributing editor at PC Mag and as a staff writer for What Hi-Fi? at Haymarket Media […]
WaPo welcomes back Fifield as Asia-Pacific editor
Anna Fifield will rejoin The Washington Post as Asia-Pacific editor. As per the Post: “She will lead a team that includes our correspondents responsible for China, Japan, the Koreas, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, and she will also work in close partnership with editors in Washington to drive other lines of China-related coverage. She […]
Grünewald joins New Statesman politics team
Zoë Grünewald, special projects writer on the New Statesman’s Spotlight team has moved to its politics team as a political reporter, based in Westminster. Grünewald was a senior broadcast content policy adviser on the TV team at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in London. She worked at the House of Commons and […]
Congo expels Reuters journalist Rolley
Democratic Republic of Congo expelled a French journalist working for Reuters after her application for journalistic accreditation was not approved. Bate Felix of Reuters writes, “Sonia Rolley applied in September for accreditation to take up an assignment coordinating Reuters news coverage in Congo. She was granted permission to cover a climate conference in the capital, Kinshasa, […]
Reuters seeks an emerging markets correspondent in London
Reuters is looking for an experienced, sharp and motivated journalist to join our London-based emerging markets team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a group covering the financial markets of emerging economies worldwide, from Moscow to Brasilia and Beijing to Johannesburg, as developing nations grapple with unprecedented challenges. We want someone who can break news and […]
Bronner named Israel bureau chief for Bloomberg
Ethan Bronner has been named Israel bureau chief and a senior editor for the Middle East at Bloomberg News. He previously was a senior editor in New York. Bronner is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Columbia Journalism School. He began his journalism career at Reuters in 1980, reporting from London, Madrid, Brussels and […]
NY Times hires Warner as senior editor for DealBook
The New York Times has appointed Bernhard Warner as senior editor of DealBook, based in Rome. Warner will be a part of the team that will edit the newsletter overnight, adding late-breaking news and updating the report before it is sent each morning. He will also write longer pieces for DealBook and beyond. Warner joins from […]
Metro.co.uk promotes Adejobi to deputy entertainment editor
Metro.co.uk has appointed Alicia Adejobi as deputy entertainment editor. Recently, she served as assistant entertainment editor. Adejobi has been with Metro.co.uk for more than four years, also holding the posts of senior entertainment reporter and freelance entertainment reporter. She was a content writer at Lark & Berry LTD and a senior entertainment reporter at Newsweek […]
Bloomberg makes changes to Latin America coverage
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following on Tuesday morning: To All in Editorial & Research: Emerging Markets We are making some important changes to our structure in Latin America and our coverage of emerging markets more broadly. Global imbalances fueled by rising interest rates and a stronger US dollar — coupled with […]
Bloomberg hires Newman to cover tech in Tel Aviv
Bloomberg News has hired Marissa Newman to cover technology out of its Tel Aviv bureau. She previously was a political correspondent, news editor and religion correspondent for The Times of Israel. Newman was also an editorial assistant at Flashlight Press. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University and a master’s degree from the Hebrew University of […]
